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standards. Any changes that may be proposed as right from the earliest stages of project organisation
improvements once the project is underway must in order to ensure that work on the project goes
be forwarded and approved in accordance with ahead efficiently and on schedule.
the approval procedures for the work, which are A proactive approach to solving these problems
based on the provisions of the contract. turned out to be a positive factor which was
The regulations governing workers from other recognised and appreciated by the customer.
countries hired by subcontractors or directly by In a context involving work in direct contact with
the main contractor are equally complex; there people of very different cultures and nationalities,
are precise rules governing the number of visas it is important to take into due consideration
that can be granted, which have recently been management of the multicultural aspects and
made even more restrictive, taking into account communication between the coordinators and the
the number of Arabs hired by the company, which people working in the field. In some situations, in
must be kept up to a certain percentage in relation order to achieve a goal it is necessary to have not
to the number of foreign workers. only technical skill but an ability to interact and
It is essential to take all these factors into account mediate with people from very different cultures.

Cristoforo Fancellu

Cristoforo Fancellu has been in charge of Techint series of projects in Algeria as planner and cost
E&C’s Planning department since 2014. controller and then worked as Site Planner during
He graduated from Politecnico di Milano with the construction of a gas compression plant in
a degree in Electrical Engineering in 1995 and Poggio Renatico (Ferrara). In 2008 he joined
began his career with Basis Engineering part of Tecnimont, where he has been in charge of
Rosetti Marino Group, where his responsibilities planning for the construction of two power plants
included engineering and supervision of the in Brazil. In 2009 he became Techint E&C Project
construction of 4 platforms for Croatia at Marina Control Manager, and between 2010 and 2014 he
di Ravenna; in 2001 began to work with planning coordinated the project control team of the Yanbu
and cost control in Milan. project in Saudi Arabia, including supervision of
In 2005 he joined ABB, where he oversaw a the construction site.

Progetto di material handling
per una grande raffineria a Yanbu,
in Arabia Saudita

Techint E&C ha completato a Yanbu, in Arabia Saudita, un imponente progetto di material handling,
per un valore di 260 milioni di dollari, per conto di Saudi Aramco. Si tratta di una parte essenziale nella
costruzione di una delle più grandi raffinerie del Medio Oriente, che sarà in grado di produrre 400mila
barili di greggio al giorno. Il progetto ha riguardato la realizzazione di un sistema di movimentazione,
stoccaggio e caricamento su nave del carbone e dello zolfo, prodotti dalla raffineria come derivati nel
procedimento di lavorazione del greggio. In particolare, per lo zolfo che viene prodotto in forma liquida,
è stato messo a punto anche un processo di solidificazione. Gli elementi sfidanti del progetto sono stati
la realizzazione di un sistema di 5 km di conveyor con raggi di curvatura sfidanti, che hanno consentito
di rispettare alcuni vincoli ambientali, e la costruzione di storage bulding, a campata unica e fino a
400 m di lunghezza, per un totale di 15mila tonnellate di acciaio. Sono state impegnate fino a 1200
persone sul campo con importanti performance HSE più volte riconosciute da parte del cliente.
L’opera è stata sfidante anche per via del contesto complesso dal punto di vista del reperimento del
personale e delle forniture dei materiali, e per un cliente di primo livello, che richiede il massimo dal
punto di vista dell’adeguamento alle specifiche contrattuali.

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